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title: "CNBC Goes Inside KFC's Rise to the Top of China's Fast Food Market"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/0cf7ab38-0dee-4409-9318-2f763faaa43e
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/cnbc-goes-inside-kfcs-rise-to-the-top-of-chinas-fast-food-market-2707777
category: "Chicken"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Chicken"
published: 2018-09-06T21:16:40.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:08:44.619Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/cd3703ca03bb49bf3e74dd17e0cf450f5330.jpg
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# CNBC Goes Inside KFC's Rise to the Top of China's Fast Food Market

**TL;DR:** KFC entered the Beijing market over 30 years ago and now operates over 5,600 stores in China. KFC has the most stores in China anywhere in the world.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-09-06. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/cnbc-goes-inside-kfcs-rise-to-the-top-of-chinas-fast-food-market-2707777).*

## Story

Maddie has spent her career in the media industry, serving in various editorial roles before migrating into a hybrid content strategy and PR role with No Limit Agency. Her passion for storytelling and love of writing help her create meaningful content on behalf of her clients and fulfill No Limit Agency’s mission to tell people-driven stories.

Maddie is a graduate of Saint Louis University, where she studied Communications with a focus in journalism and media studies as well as Sports Business. In her spare time, Maddie can be found exploring Chicago’s food scene, watching an NBA game or lamenting over her middling fantasy baseball team.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- KFC (company)
- market expansion (topic)
- China (location)
- fast food (topic)
- china market (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/cnbc-goes-inside-kfcs-rise-to-the-top-of-chinas-fast-food-market-2707777). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/0cf7ab38-0dee-4409-9318-2f763faaa43e).